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Glen Innes Severn Shire Council — Development Application Data

A live snapshot of development activity in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council — sourced from NSW Government open data and the 413,770-DA Plan Advice corpus. Refreshed automatically. Data reflects the most recent NSW Planning Portal open-data feeds, counted application by application.

DAs on file
521
Since 2021
Lodged last 12m
75
Median assessment
41 days
Clause 4.6 rate
0.6%
Development standard variations

How long a DA takes in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council, and who decides it

Counted from every application Glen Innes Severn Shire Council determined in the last 5 years, as published in the NSW Planning Portal open data. Timelines are lodgement to determination, so they include the time spent waiting on the applicant.

Median determination
41 days
across 431 determinations
Slowest 20% take
87+ days
the figure worth planning around
Against NSW
-19 days
the NSW median is 60 days
Approved as CDC
16.6%
90 complying development certificates
Who determines applications here
Council (delegation not specified)50.6% · 219
Council staff under delegation49% · 212

An application determined under delegation is decided by the assessing officer. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting and adds a meeting cycle to the timeline. Where the council recorded only “Council” it did not say which, so that row is left as published.

0.4% of applications in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard, and 200% of those variations were granted (4 of 2). 4.4% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made. On the CDC side, 30% of certificates lodged were rejected rather than accepted, at an average declared cost of $136,829.

Development type mix

What people are building in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council. Ranked by DA volume.

Erection of a new structure182
Shed133
Dwelling house72
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure49
Dwelling48
Garages, carports and car parking spaces43
Subdivision37
Other26

Development cost distribution

Estimated development cost ranges reported on Glen Innes Severn Shire Council DAs.

Under $100k342
$100k – $500k111
$500k – $1M48
$1M – $5M16
$5M+3

Glen Innes Severn Shire Council DAs — common questions

Answered from this council's own determinations. Where a council has not published a figure, the question is left out rather than guessed.

How many development applications does Glen Innes Severn Shire Council handle?

Plan Advice holds 521 development applications for Glen Innes Severn Shire Council, 75 of them lodged in the last 12 months. The figures on this page are counted from that register, not estimated.

How long does a DA take in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?

The median assessment time is 41 days. That is the council's own reported figure from the NSW Planning Portal league tables, so it covers every DA they determined — not a sample.

How long does the council take to determine a DA in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?

The median is 41 days from lodgement to determination across 431 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 87 days or more. The NSW median is 60 days. Counted from the NSW Planning Portal open data, so it covers every application — not a sample.

Who decides development applications in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?

49% of determinations were made by council staff under delegated authority. council (delegation not specified) determined 50.6%. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting, which adds a meeting cycle.

Does Glen Innes Severn Shire Council approve clause 4.6 variations?

0.4% of applications sought a variation to a development standard, and 200% of those were granted (4 of 2 in the last 5 years).

Can I use a CDC instead of a DA in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?

16.6% of approvals in this LGA went through as complying development (90 certificates in the last 5 years), and 30% of CDC applications lodged were rejected rather than accepted. A CDC only applies if the proposal meets every development standard in the Codes SEPP.

What kinds of development are most common in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?

The most frequent application types are erection of a new structure (182), shed (133), dwelling house (72).

How often is a clause 4.6 variation used in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?

3 applications — 0.58% of the register — sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard.

Most recent development applications

Sampled from the NSW Planning Portal open-data feed.

DA-35-26
138 MEADE STREET GLEN INNES 2370
Shed · lodged 2026-08-17
$63,492
PAN-674730
25 QUIRK STREET EMMAVILLE 2371
Shed · lodged 2026-09-15
$44,000
DA-39-26
3984 EMMAVILLE ROAD EMMAVILLE 2371
Erection of a new structure · lodged 2026-08-24
$805,200
DA-34-26
9 GREY STREET GLEN INNES 2370
Shed · lodged 2026-08-18
$22,209
PAN-674511
149 GLEN LEGH ROAD GLEN INNES 2370
Shed · lodged 2026-09-14
$39,675
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